season:
crown
2019
leaderboard
2019

tattoo artist of the year

The Artist of the Year Leaderboard is intended to be the king of all leaderboards on our site. The Artist of the Year Challenge is exactly what its name implies: it aims to crown the undisputed most skilled and popular tattoo artists of the year. It does this through a specially weighted accumulation of all 3 of the other leaderboards. Put simply, the Artist of the Year Leaderboard is a combination of all of the other leaderboards on our site.
The Artist of the Year Leaderboard is intended to be the king of all leaderboards on our site. The Artist of the Year Challenge is exactly what its name implies: it aims to crown the undisputed most skilled and popular tattoo artists of the year. It does this through a specially weighted accumulation of all 3 of the other leaderboards. Put simply, the Artist of the Year Leaderboard is a combination of all of the other leaderboards on our site.
Rank Artist Points
1 Josh Eon Johnson
Josh Eon Johnson us
 179.4k
2 Coen Mitchell
Coen Mitchell nz
 162.3k
3 Megan Jean Morris
Megan Jean Morris us
 90.3k
4 Damien Wickham
Damien Wickham au
 83.8k
5 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 75.7k
6 Joshua Short
Joshua Short us
 74.3k
7 Adam Aguas
Adam Aguas us
 72.2k
8 Василий Suvorov
Василий Suvorov ru
 71.3k
9 Michael Perry
Michael Perry us
 68.4k
10 Farn Ho
Farn Ho tw
 67.5k
11 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 62.9k
12 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 61.0k
13 Brad Doult
Brad Doult au
 60.1k
14 Zhang "POPO" Po
Zhang "POPO" Po us
 52.5k
15 Chris Showstoppr
Chris Showstoppr au
 49.2k
16 Poch !
Poch ! us
 43.2k
17 Rember Orellana
Rember Orellana us
 43.1k
18 Bobby Cupparo
Bobby Cupparo us
 42.6k
19 Wes Hogan
Wes Hogan us
 41.4k
20 Jay Joree
Jay Joree us
 41.3k
21 Louis-philippe Lauzon
Louis-philippe Lauzon ca
 40.6k
22 Rich Harris
Rich Harris gb
 39.5k
23 Nick Fierro
Nick Fierro us
 39.4k
24 Silvano Fiato
Silvano Fiato it
 37.1k
25 Jacob Sheffield
Jacob Sheffield us
 36.9k
26 Jerad James
Jerad James us
 35.6k
27 Josh Napier
Josh Napier us
 35.4k
28 Jay Freestyle
Jay Freestyle nl
 34.7k
29 Chauncey Kochel
Chauncey Kochel us
 34.1k
30 Arlo DiCristina
Arlo DiCristina us
 33.9k
Ranking highly on the Touring Tattoo Artist Cup Leaderboard reflects that an artist is highly decorated and has won many awards at a large number of live tattoo convention Challenges. The Touring Tattoo Artist Cup is also the most heavily weighted leaderboard in respect to its point contribution to Tattoo Artist of the Year. 50% of all points won through the Touring Artist Cup also count for an artist toward the Artist of the Year, making this leaderboard the most heavily weighted of all.
Rank Artist Points
1 Josh Eon Johnson
Josh Eon Johnson us
 179.4k
2 Coen Mitchell
Coen Mitchell nz
 162.3k
3 Megan Jean Morris
Megan Jean Morris us
 90.3k
4 Damien Wickham
Damien Wickham au
 83.8k
5 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 75.7k
6 Joshua Short
Joshua Short us
 74.3k
7 Adam Aguas
Adam Aguas us
 72.2k
8 Василий Suvorov
Василий Suvorov ru
 71.3k
9 Michael Perry
Michael Perry us
 68.4k
10 Farn Ho
Farn Ho tw
 67.5k
11 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 62.9k
12 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 61.0k
13 Brad Doult
Brad Doult au
 60.1k
14 Zhang "POPO" Po
Zhang "POPO" Po us
 52.5k
15 Chris Showstoppr
Chris Showstoppr au
 49.2k
16 Poch !
Poch ! us
 43.2k
17 Rember Orellana
Rember Orellana us
 43.1k
18 Bobby Cupparo
Bobby Cupparo us
 42.6k
19 Wes Hogan
Wes Hogan us
 41.4k
20 Jay Joree
Jay Joree us
 41.3k
21 Louis-philippe Lauzon
Louis-philippe Lauzon ca
 40.6k
22 Rich Harris
Rich Harris gb
 39.5k
23 Nick Fierro
Nick Fierro us
 39.4k
24 Silvano Fiato
Silvano Fiato it
 37.1k
25 Jacob Sheffield
Jacob Sheffield us
 36.9k
26 Jerad James
Jerad James us
 35.6k
27 Josh Napier
Josh Napier us
 35.4k
28 Jay Freestyle
Jay Freestyle nl
 34.7k
29 Chauncey Kochel
Chauncey Kochel us
 34.1k
30 Arlo DiCristina
Arlo DiCristina us
 33.9k
Judge's Choice competitions is a type of a challenge where items are not being voted for, but instead are judged by a hand-picked panel of industry leaders. Attaining a winning position in a Judge's Choice Challenge awards a significant amount of points, reflective of the level of difficulty present in winning these Challenges. This leaderboard is weighted at 35% toward Artist of the Year, so 1,000 points won through a Judge's Choice Challenge awards 350 points toward Artist of the Year.
Rank Artist Points
1 Josh Eon Johnson
Josh Eon Johnson us
 179.4k
2 Coen Mitchell
Coen Mitchell nz
 162.3k
3 Megan Jean Morris
Megan Jean Morris us
 90.3k
4 Damien Wickham
Damien Wickham au
 83.8k
5 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 75.7k
6 Joshua Short
Joshua Short us
 74.3k
7 Adam Aguas
Adam Aguas us
 72.2k
8 Василий Suvorov
Василий Suvorov ru
 71.3k
9 Michael Perry
Michael Perry us
 68.4k
10 Farn Ho
Farn Ho tw
 67.5k
11 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 62.9k
12 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 61.0k
13 Brad Doult
Brad Doult au
 60.1k
14 Zhang "POPO" Po
Zhang "POPO" Po us
 52.5k
15 Chris Showstoppr
Chris Showstoppr au
 49.2k
16 Poch !
Poch ! us
 43.2k
17 Rember Orellana
Rember Orellana us
 43.1k
18 Bobby Cupparo
Bobby Cupparo us
 42.6k
19 Wes Hogan
Wes Hogan us
 41.4k
20 Jay Joree
Jay Joree us
 41.3k
21 Louis-philippe Lauzon
Louis-philippe Lauzon ca
 40.6k
22 Rich Harris
Rich Harris gb
 39.5k
23 Nick Fierro
Nick Fierro us
 39.4k
24 Silvano Fiato
Silvano Fiato it
 37.1k
25 Jacob Sheffield
Jacob Sheffield us
 36.9k
26 Jerad James
Jerad James us
 35.6k
27 Josh Napier
Josh Napier us
 35.4k
28 Jay Freestyle
Jay Freestyle nl
 34.7k
29 Chauncey Kochel
Chauncey Kochel us
 34.1k
30 Arlo DiCristina
Arlo DiCristina us
 33.9k
Artists who rank highly on this leaderboard have tattoos that are trending often both on our website and on social media. Earning points on the People's Choice Leaderboard are based on the number of votes a tattoo receives, and each vote is then converted into points by our system and put into a prize pool. The higher amount of total votes there are in a Challenges, the more points will be added to the prize pool and awarded to the top artists in the Challenge.
Rank Artist Points
1 Josh Eon Johnson
Josh Eon Johnson us
 179.4k
2 Coen Mitchell
Coen Mitchell nz
 162.3k
3 Megan Jean Morris
Megan Jean Morris us
 90.3k
4 Damien Wickham
Damien Wickham au
 83.8k
5 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 75.7k
6 Joshua Short
Joshua Short us
 74.3k
7 Adam Aguas
Adam Aguas us
 72.2k
8 Василий Suvorov
Василий Suvorov ru
 71.3k
9 Michael Perry
Michael Perry us
 68.4k
10 Farn Ho
Farn Ho tw
 67.5k
11 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 62.9k
12 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 61.0k
13 Brad Doult
Brad Doult au
 60.1k
14 Zhang "POPO" Po
Zhang "POPO" Po us
 52.5k
15 Chris Showstoppr
Chris Showstoppr au
 49.2k
16 Poch !
Poch ! us
 43.2k
17 Rember Orellana
Rember Orellana us
 43.1k
18 Bobby Cupparo
Bobby Cupparo us
 42.6k
19 Wes Hogan
Wes Hogan us
 41.4k
20 Jay Joree
Jay Joree us
 41.3k
21 Louis-philippe Lauzon
Louis-philippe Lauzon ca
 40.6k
22 Rich Harris
Rich Harris gb
 39.5k
23 Nick Fierro
Nick Fierro us
 39.4k
24 Silvano Fiato
Silvano Fiato it
 37.1k
25 Jacob Sheffield
Jacob Sheffield us
 36.9k
26 Jerad James
Jerad James us
 35.6k
27 Josh Napier
Josh Napier us
 35.4k
28 Jay Freestyle
Jay Freestyle nl
 34.7k
29 Chauncey Kochel
Chauncey Kochel us
 34.1k
30 Arlo DiCristina
Arlo DiCristina us
 33.9k

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